Small Forward position

[cliftonparksufan]

We have lots of options, but nobody has seized the position. All of them have had good games and also games where they have been fairly invisible. I love Copeland because he is so energetic and seems like a great teammate, but he has been very inconsistent in games. Chris has had some good scoring games but like Taylor, his rebounding is a problem. Taylor too has had some great games and is the better defender, but he isn't the model of consistency either. None of them are.

We have played Benny at the 3 a few times and it has its place but not as a regular thing. He has improved his shooting touch a lot over last year...all credit to him... but a Benny/Maliq forward tandem has plusses and minuses. It would be by far...by far... our best rebounding tandem. Defensively, it would be better than Chris and Benny/Maliq. In our halfcourt offense, it is sort of problematic though. Benny has improved as a shooter, but opposing D's would feel comfortable backing off of him. Maliq has a shooting range of about 3 feet. Defenses can collapse in the middle, making life tough for Jesse and cutting off penetration from Judah.

So we have candidates, we have options to try on every night, but we don't have anyone who stands out head and shoulders above the rest at the 3. We will just have to ride it out, see if one of them is hot on a given night, and hope that someone emerges to claim the role on a more long-term basis.

We've also played Symir at the 3. Twice I think.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

there's 5 forwards and all have their strengths and weaknesses...all 5 should be used according to game state and opponent matchup, imo

rebounders - brown, quadir, jon bol, benny
shooters - bell, taylor, benny
press - quadir, brown, benny

a team with a very physical frontline might render certain forwards ineffective a la miami
or a team like georgie tech might allow a player like brown to have a field day

playing time should be matchup, performance and game-state based

and all of the forwards should play.

JBA should never play

 

[CardiacCuse]

JBA should never play

i mean hes 5th on the depth chart...walkons have played before...he does have size and can play the zone and rebound...and pass. etc

I think there are limited siutations where he may help the team...but overall point being that playing time should be matchup based not hierarchy based, imo

 

[Dick_in_MI]

We've also played Symir at the 3. Twice I think.

We did, although I think he was at the point on offense and at the 3 in the zone. Could be wrong.